A lot of money -- perhaps more even than he could have won after years of legal fighting. But still, can it ever bring back his lost youth?
Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley, who made the announcement, said Truscott's wife Marlene will receive $100,000.
In 1959, Truscott was convicted of 12-year-old Harper's rape and murder. He became the youngest person in Canada ever sentenced to death.
Truscott steadfastly professed his innocence and served a decade in prison before being released on parole in 1969, after which he married and lived quietly in Guelph, Ont., with his wife and children.
Truscott's legal saga was an "unprecedented" and "extraordinary" journey, Bentley said.
"We are doing what we can to conclude this journey," he said.
"It is my hope that Mr. Truscott and his family will now be able to spend all of their time on the rest of life's journey."
But remember the real killer went free; there's more victims than just the wrongfully convicted here.
2 comments:
It is certainly about time, perhaps not enough money for all those lost years..I hope that he and his wife will continue on a long and happy life. I never thought he was guilty, with all the bungling of the police, it sure did not help.... they destroyed all DNA evidence for the future. although, at the time they did not know about DNA, but that is no excuse
To this day I think it was an
Air Force person, who drove that car.
sadly I doubt that the real perpetrator will ever be brought to justice. What a senseless tragedy :(
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